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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1932
Page
2
Decatur schools showcase a top local band praised as one of the best in the state while summer imagery and Hollywood stunt man J. D. Pate perform a bold act. Pate walked upside down 390 feet between two route buildings using rubber suction cups on his shoes.
A report from Hunteville notes two fishermen catching 27 bass in a two hour outing prompting a suggestion to visit Town Creek for lessons. The piece then shifts to urging readers to pay old debts in June to keep money moving and support Decatur’s economy.
Fred Frame won at Indianapolis on Memorial Day driving at 104 miles per hour, breaking all prior track records. The spectacle drew several thousand dollars in prize money and highlighted bold risk and luck in pursuit of speed and glory.
President Hoover and Senator Borah plan a joint talk on Republican platform core. They aim to build sturdy foundations to save the nation, while Democrats press similar claims. A prohibition plank is expected to loom in the discussions.
In a period of turmoil the Senate Finance Committee voted down President Hoover’s tax measure after his advocacy. Governor Miller pushes certain principles since taking office while the legislature buckles, showing sharp partisan and financial condition tensions.
The Selma Times Journal reports little enthusiasm in the South for a federal deposit guarantee plan proposed in Congress by Representative Steagall of Alabama. Editors note skepticism about funds returning from hidden stashes and question the bill’s effectiveness.
The piece argues against the Steagall proposal to guarantee bank deposits. It cites failed tests in eight states Oklahoma and Mississippi among them and warns a federal plan would drain Treasury funds and collapse the banking system. It cautions that uniform solvency could destroy both good and bad banks and end in widespread insolvency.
The Commercial Dispatch in Columbus Mississippi runs an editorial citing George R. James of the Federal Reserve Board that the South must farm its own needs to lift the economy. It reflects on nine fertile Tennessee Valley counties, past famines, Red Cross aid, and bumper crops proving a low mood revealed self sufficiency and food security.
Twelve years ago the Moulton and Albany baseball teams tied 6-6 after ten innings in a Monday opener. Batteries for Moulton were Corum and White, for Albany Graham Jacobs and Steadman. The item also lists local visits and social notices about Isiah the faith healer trip, Mrs Rankin’s Madison visit, Redding Emiéns Birmingham term, Vera Austelle hosting Ferry Street Rock Club, and Foster and Draper campaign travel.
Arthur Brisbane reflects on suicide stigma and national mood during the 1930s downturn. He cites Lincoln and Roosevelt, weighs economic despair, and praises Henry Ford’s plan for employment and self reliance as a path to recovery.
F. B. Overstreet, former L. and N. Shops employee, returned to Woodland Mills with family and declared he is farming aggressively. He reports prolific growth and expects a good crop, noting effort to find work after layoffs.
A note instructs not to capitalize words without reason such as locomotive forest organ rhetoric and mathematics, emphasizing standard capitalization rules for ordinary nouns.
Central Press reports editor William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette advocates a constitutionalist stance on resubmitting the eighteenth amendment. White insists a repeal referendum must secure both a national majority and a majority in a majority of states, a stringent rule he says should be spelled out in law.
Different doctors share a near identical view that minimal interference with ordinary eating is best. Do not eat for two, as excess may harm. six to seven small meals aid first trimester nausea. later trimesters allow larger, less frequent meals. Sunlight and cod liver oil are noted as beneficial additives.
A collage of light verse and comic snippets highlights social observations. It notes job losses among women amid holiday moods, then shifts to humorous quips about exams, June’s beauty, youth, and dating taboos, finishing with a quip about a woman in galoshes.
A humor piece on guest towels detailing their etiquette and perils plus a light verse about June. It notes towels hung before guests and returned after, jokes about washing frequency, and mentions Eddie Gest as a claimed inventor. The closing lines switch to a playful June poem.
The text asks if pigs are dirty and whether animals besides dogs get rabies. It asserts pigs are the cleanest farm animals when allowed, and notes rabies cases identified among cattle swine and horses.
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